A Winter in the West Indies: Described in Familiar Letters to Henry Clay, of Kentucky |
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abolition of slavery afforded Africa African slave trade American Antigua appearance apprenticeship Baptist beauty believe British British West Indies called chapel Christian church circumstance coast coffee colonies colored comfort course Cuba cultivation delightful district dollars Dominica Edition equal estates favorable feelings free laborers freedom ground harbor Havana Henry Clay hills hogsheads hundred increase interest island Jamaica JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY justice kind land large number late letter luxuriant meeting meeting for worship Methodist miles missionary moral morning mountains negroes observed ourselves parish parties peasantry persons picturesque planters population port Post 8vo present principles proprietors prosperity provision racter religious remark rent respect Santa Cruz scene ship Sixth month June slave trade Society sterling sugar Third month March Thomas Burchell THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON tion Tortola tree vast vessels voyage wages West Indian West Indies